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Oklahoma Sooners’ final score predictions vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide: Win or go home, a playoff game in Norman with massive stakes
The Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide are set to play a College Football Playoff game against one another. The only thing is, this one isn't a neutral-site game – Oklahoma is hosting it. That means the atmosphere advantage will fall into OU's hands, just as it did for Bama six weeks ago in Tuscaloosa.
And Venables went back to doing what he does best — hiring himself as defensive coordinator after his protege, Zac Alley, left for West Virginia. The 2025 Sooner defense rivals the best defenses Venables coordinated at Clemson in the 2010s and at OU in the early 2000s.
John Mateer will play in the CFP without a hand wrap after injury, as Oklahoma preps to face Alabama on Friday.
Alabama has been the biggest winner of the College Football Playoff era. OU, meanwhile, has been the biggest loser.
The Sooners leaned on elite defense and a late touchdown to finish 4–0 in November and stay in the playoff hunt ahead of Sunday’s reveal.
OU men's basketball defeated OSU 85-76 Saturday at Paycom Center. The Sooners (7-3) finished the game with a 6-0 run to put away the Cowboys (9-1).
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Sooners earn a bump in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after Bedlam Win
The Oklahoma Sooners are 11-1 on the season coming off of a top 25 win over the Oklahoma State Cowgirls inside the Paycom Center. After their dominating Bedlam win, the Sooners moved up one spot to No. 8 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
Oklahoma has done a lot of winning on the field this season, but Brent Venables is also having some success off it. On the first day of the early signing period, the Oklahoma Sooners have a top-15 ranked recruiting class in the nation, according to 247 Sports.
NORMAN — Mark your calendars, Oklahoma’s 2026 schedule is here. The conference schedule includes different opponents from OU’s first two seasons in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Sooners will still play South Carolina, as well as its three permanent opponents — Texas, Mississippi and Missouri.
Fresh off an undefeated season in 1954, Bud Wilkinson tried to lower expectations for the Sooners entering 1955.